Silicon-film {trademark} photovoltaic manufacturing technology. Annual subcontract report, 1 January 1994--31 December 1994 | Zendy

Sandra R. Collins | Zendy; R.B. Hall | Zendy; J.A. Rand | Zendy

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Silicon-film {trademark} photovoltaic manufacturing technology. Annual subcontract report, 1 January 1994--31 December 1994

Author(s) -

Sandra R. Collins,

R.B. Hall,

J.A. Rand

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/150691

Subject(s) - wafer , polycrystalline silicon , photovoltaic system , trademark , silicon , solar cell , crystalline silicon , materials science , process (computing) , electrical engineering , engineering physics , engineering , optoelectronics , computer science , nanotechnology , operating system , thin film transistor , layer (electronics)

The goal of AstroPower`s PVMaT-2A project is to develop an advanced, low-cost manufacturing process for a new utility-scale, flat-plate module. This process starts with the production of continuous sheets of thin-film polycrystalline silicon using the Silicon-Film {trademark} process. Our main product focus in PVMaT-2A has been a 240 cm{sup 2} solar cell. Continuous sheets of silicon are produced and cut into wafers that are 15.5 cm on a side. Both standard modules (36 solar cells) and a new 56 solar cell module were produced. The targeted high power module design is a 170 watt module, used in a twelve module array to generate 2 kW. The solar cells, modules, and array developed here are described

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